Community Centre, 2-4 Downpatrick Street, Crossgar, Co Down, BT30 9EA

Large late Georgian style house of perhaps c.1840-50, with rubble façade, brick dressings and large modern extensions to rear. The building is prominently situated at the corner of Downpatrick Street and Killyleagh Street, at the N end of the village of Crossgar, and now serves as a community centre. The rubble constructed front façade faces roughly W and is symmetrical. To the centre of the ground floor is a panelled timber double door, flanked by narrow sidelights with decorative tracery and panelled aprons. The door and sidelights are topped with an elliptical fanlight with ‘double’ spoke tracery. The doorway has in/out brick dressings (as do all the front façade openings). Some the bricks have been replaced recently. To the left of the doorway are two sash windows with Georgian panes (6/6) and security grills over. To the right of the doorway are two similar windows, with five more to the first floor. The first floor windows appear to have largely retained their original brick dressings, whilst those to the ground floor are recent replacements. To the far right on the first floor is a traditional style projecting sign. The N elevation consists of the gable of the main building (to right) and the long façade of a single storey flat roofed return. The gable is rubble constructed. The lower half of the façade looks as though it was rendered until recently. To the left on the ground floor of the gable is a small (high level) sash window with security grill over. The façade of the return is rendered. To the right on this façade is a relatively small double sash window. The S elevation consists of the gable of the main building (to left) and the façade of a large two storey flat roofed extension. The gable is finished in lined render and has a recessed fire escape doorway to the first floor, with accompanying metal stair. The façade of the extension is also line rendered. To the first floor there are two small windows with modern frames, whilst to the ground floor is a fire escape-like doorway with a large plain-sheeted double door. To the left and centre at the rear is the large two storey extension. This has a large modern window to the ground floor and two small windows (as S façade) to the first floor. To the right of this is the long single storey return. This is rendered and has two plain sheeted doors and two small windows, to its S façade. There is exposed section of the rear façade of the main building (to top right hand corner). This retains its rubble finish and has a blocked up window opening to the right and a window (with modern frame) to the left of this (which looks like a recent insertion). The gabled roof is covered in natural slate. Two brick chimney stacks (to gables). Rendered parapets. Mainly metal rw goods.